More sustainable packaging might tip some people toward trying a different high-end dog or cat food.

In this article, we look at how the growth of consumer demands and regulations is modernizing pet food operations.

We all know personalization and custom batches are trends for people food, but they’re for pets too.

Bad news first: If you make pet food, have an older facility and have been putting off examining your operation in light of FSMA, rushing to comply with the new food safety rules for animal foods is probably proving to be a challenge.

Tuffy’s Pet Foods has broken ground on a 173,500 sq. ft. facility in Delano, Minn.

Pet food follows broader human food trends because it must appeal to pet owners who buy it, and these consumers are now expecting the same high standards for their animals' food as their own: convenience, quality, authenticity and transparency.

The pet food market has been growing like crazy the last few years, both in terms of how much is being sold and what is being sold. It's a big opportunity for food processors to expand their current pet offerings or make an entry into the market.

As pet ownership increases, companies involved with pet food processing and packaging can reap the benefits if they keep an eye on the pets' owners and the trends that are driving the pet food industry.

The Multi-Conveyor settling, singulation and orientation conveyor for unpackaged pet food uses vibration to settle and separate individual pieces.

The leaders who produce pet food these days do it in plants that are just as sophisticated in their way of working as the leaders who produce food for you and me.